Taxes to be collected in Bates count as officers tour
Collector of Internal Revenue announces tax office will be in Bates county from January 2 to January 12 with staff ready to assist residents in filing Federal income tax returns for 1917. The visit aims to educate and collect, highlighting penalties for noncompliance and listing allowable deductions and required records. Local residents and families are noted, with various community members mentioned in connection to the event.
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Internal Revenue
Bates County
M.iurver
Nansis Cry
Alothet
Tits County
Dle
Otiiee
Butler
Imunica
Oliver
Yur
Uae
Liviier
Tex Quiker
Sued
Cme
Cate
Jlariem
Wedelatt
Country Happenings Informal Community Tales
Miss Goldie Wieser hosted oat Sunday dinner with Mahler Spahr Jones Pins Weorginny and others. Several neighbors shared visits and meals. Sutherland Tom Frost cut wood, Mrs M Reever visited sister Mrs J Chitwood, and many families spent Sunday with kin.
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Goldie Wieser
Mahler Spahr
Dear Jones
Pins Weorginny
C. W. Rector
Clara Batchelor
Nena
D. M. Cumpton
W. G. Cumpton
A. L. Gilmore
Jim Raybourne
Elmer Keen
Frank Kretzinger
Lillie Frey
Della Chitwood
Lon Foster
G. Quick
Nebraska reports food saved by hotels in November
Washington December 15 Nebraska leads states with a full November food return from 1,297 hotels and restaurants listing 1502 barrels of wheat flour 211 tons of meat and 1 918 441 pounds of sugar. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Rail road suspended trains Friday due to coal shortages affecting freight and services. Local dealers await updates as fuel supplies tighten.
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Washington
Nebraska
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Poison thrower in Minnesota drafts case shocks town
Two Harbors Minnesota reports a mother allegedly threw acid in her asleep son Arthur’s face to stop his draft. He was hospitalized and not expected to lose sight. The mother, Magnuson, had reportedly feared his drafting and has since been confined to her bed.
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Minn
Dus
Arthur
Jhe
Magnuson
Ln _rattedl boys
Lake County
Weather and social notes from local area with a death report
The item records warmer temperatures with light rain in parts of the locale and notes several residents visiting relatives and hosting guests. It reports the death of Mr. Clark Deems at his son A L Deems home on Saturday afternoon and funeral details led by Rev. Alesander, with burial at Pair View cemetery.
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Mie Wether
Jahanaeush
Lily
Carroll
Nick
Vera Adler
Minny Evans
I. G. Carroll
Midurch
Sallie Wix
Edgar Liken
Alesander
Pair View
Jack and
Jill
Sharp Home Burns Near Passaic in Morning Fire
The home of Col. James N. Sharp, about two and a fourth miles northwest of Passaic, was entirely destroyed by fire about eight o'clock Monday morning. The colonel had lit the fire and gone to the barn. his daughter was milking when the blaze started. No one else was home, the cause is unknown, and the loss may be hard on him if there is no insurance.
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James N. Sharp
Passaic
Sharp
Submarines Collision Kills 19 in Fog at Sea
In fog on Monday afternoon in home waters the American submarine F-11 rammed and sank after being struck by submarine F-3. Nineteen men died, five survivors were rescued by F-3, including Lieutenant A. E. Montgomery, commander of F-1. Montgomery’s mother is Mrs. Julia Montgomery Pratt of Fort H. G. Wright, New York.
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Washington
Daniels
A. E. Montgomery
Julia Montgomery Pratt
Fort H. G. Wright
New York
Belton Farmer Sells 12000 Bushels Corn for Cash
Belton resident J Riley Nichols sold 12 000 bushels of his own corn last Friday to a Kansas City grain firm for 1 20 a bushel. He ships the corn by car and collects cash in hand as he organizes teams to gather and load more corn. His crop is estimated at 15 000 bushels.
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J. Riley Nichols
Belton
Kansas City
Nichols
Belton Herald
Cold spell lingers amid sparse town social notes
The week brings lingering snow and warmer moments while residents travel for visits, dental work, and family gatherings. Frank Fix visits Kansas City on business, the Rapps and Vogts host relatives, and community life features a local play in Papinsville plus batch of Sunday visits and hog butchering in Fair Mount.
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Frank Fix
Kansas City
Carl Fischer
Rice
St. Louis
Louisa Fischer
Johnnie Rapp
Appleton City
Carl Bracher
C. M. Rapp
Amos
Nick Rapp
Alfred
Fred Vogt
Walter Bracher
Frank Rapp
Willie Seider
Willie Vogt
Lydia Rapp
Lewis Fleischer
Fair Mount
Grandma Hintz
Joe Bracher
John Marquardt
Revised Halifax disaster death toll drops to 1300
A revised casualty estimate for the Halifax disaster lowers the deaths to about 1,300 with many unknowns and possible further revisions.
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Halifax
Toitas Boo
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Son
Hon. Sharp
U. S
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Boston
Brazil
California
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Osgood
Public Garage
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Fair Mount News
Guernsey
C. F. Holmes
Lincoln
B & W Dorchester
Newcastle
Mary
P. A. Carnie
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